Buckle



Nov. s, 1927. 1,648,017w

N. JENKINS BUCKLE Filed June 10, 1.927

| l i l Patented Nov. S, 1927.

NATHAN JENKINS, or CHICAGO, runners.

BUCKLE.

Application filed .Tune 120, 1927. Serial No. 197,804.

rllhis invention relates to a buckle of the kind which is adapted to secure adjustably the two ends of a belt or strap.

For its objects my invention aims to pros duce an 'article oi this character Which is simple and inexpensive. ln accomplishing these endsl the buckle per se is produced from a, single piece ot' metal having no associated moving parts. lt cooperates with a le belt to provide 'lor its two ends a secure tas-- toning which is easily adjustable, and, by

reason olf the resiliency of its own material, also yield able to a slight extent as Well.

A suggestive embodiment olf this invenset forth in the accompanying drawn the manner following: y

Figure 1 is a perspective view ot a belt to which is applied the present buckle;

Fig. 2 a view in elevation looking tovfard the inner side ot one buckle component; y

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the (3o-operating buckle component which is atlixed to the other belt end;

Figs. al and 5 are eige views ot the two buckle components shown, respectively, in Figs. 2 and 3; y

Figs. 6 .and 7 show the two buckle components in the condition resulting t'rom the Fxf iirst operation in their manufacture; and

Fig. S is an.enlarged detail in section taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 2. n

he belt shown in Fig. 1 is ot the usual flexible kind with ends a and b designed for adjustable connection. F or this purpose l provide the present buckle which consists ot a hook component A and a. (zo-operating eye component B. These two parts oft the buckle are connected adjustably With the belt ends a and o, respectively, in a manner which Will be hereinafter explained.

The hook component, as shown, is in the form ot a plate S having at one end a re versely bent tongue 9 which constitutes a hook. Near the plate end which is opposite the tongue I provide a slot 10 and adjacent thereto a second slot 11 defined by opposite edges 12 and 13 Which are toothed. Between the tivo slots is an intervening bar 14, and 5U separating the end slot 10 from the proximate edge of the plate is a second bar 15.

The plate so formed is adapted to be doubly bent upon itself first along the line 16, and again, in a reverse direction, along the line 17 which about coincides with the toothed edge 18. The bend line 16, it will l: ti

be noted, is removed slightly from the slot 11 so that the latter is disposed between the body oi the plate 8 and the bar 1li which lies outwardly thereol". rlilhe second bend 6e line 1T determines the position ot the tivo bars 'il and 15 the disposition o1 which appears liest in Fig. 8.

The eilect ot the onstruction so described is to provide in a single piece oi material a piu-sage rearwardly of the bar 15 through which the belt end a may be extended. As shown, this end of the belt traverses this passage and then extends around the toothed edge 13 oi the bar lei. Thereafter the belt 7u end is extended through the slot 10 so as to lie between the bar 15 and the portion ol the belt entering the buckle.k Ey reason of the double bend in the plate and the provision oi two slots., one of which is toothed so as to present its serrations at the bend line, 1 am enabled to provide an adjustable grip f ping means t'or the belt which securely holds it against slippage. rllhis securement is enhanced by outwardly bending the other S0 toothed edge 12, as shown in Fig. 8, to present its points angularly to the belt. It is to be further noted that the bar -15 may tleX outwardly, as required, for tlieaccommodation of the two belt thicknesses. y B5 The co-operating eye component of the buckle is formed in a manner generally similar to that already explained. It comprises a. plate 20 having two lines of bend at 21 and 22, this plate being bent doubly @u upon itself in the manner already explained. One oi these bend lines coincides with a slot 23 designed for the reception of the hook 9. The other bend line 21 is coincident with the toothed edge 24 of a slot 25. Ad- 95 jacent this slot is a bar 26 separating it from a second slot 27 between which and the proximate edge of the blade is a narrow bar 28. After being bent upon itself in the manner already explained the belt end b is 10U threaded into position. lt passes rearwardly of the bar 28 and around the toothed edge 24 of the slot 25 through which it emerges to make a complete turn before passing back upon one side of the bar 26 105 through the slot 27 and around behind the other bar 28. The gripping etlect of the toothed edge 24 upon the belt end at the point Where it makes a` bend of 180 degrees or thereabouts assures a firm engagement such that slippage Will be prevented. A.V second gripping edge 29, opposite to the toothed edger24t, may also co-operate with the belt, the same as has been explained in connection with Fig. 8. Y.

The two buckle components so made and secured to the ends or' a belt are adapted to be adjusted readily to new positions when desired. This is accomplished in the usual way by loosening the portions ot' the belt immediately adjacent the buckle and readjusting to new positions, as desired. The hook 9 may be slipped into position within the slot 23 which constitutes an eye therefor, and when entered therein, neither the hook nor the eye will be Visible. It thus results that the present buckle presents no unsightly parts. It may be further embellished or ornamented in any desired manner so as to be attractive to the eye.

It is to be particularly noted that the two components of the present buckle may e formed inexpensively from sheet metal by very simple die operationsv requiring only forming and bending, and no assembly. The plates shown in Figs. 6 and 7 represent the two components after forming but prior to the bending operation.

I claim:

l. A buckle comprising hook and eye components each in the form of a single plate having double slots and doubly bent upon itself, one line ot' bend being adjacent the edge of one slot7 whereby a belt end may be threaded through one slot, around the wall defining one edge thereof. and baekthrough the other slot, substantially as described.

2. A buckle which comprises hook and eye components each formed of a single plate having double slots one being deined by opposite toothed edges, the plate being doubly bent upon itself with one bend in the line of one toothed edge, the other toothed edge being turned slightly in the same direction, whereby a belt may be threaded past said last named turned edge and through the 'associated slot and around the toothed edge bordering same and back through the other slot, substantially as described.

A buckle in which is comprised hook and eye components each formed of a single plate having doubly reversed bends with slots through which a belt may be threaded, one of said slots being proximate to one bend whereby a belt is required to execute a turn therearouml, there being in the one component a tongue bent back to lorm a hook and in the other component a slot in which the hook may enter to establish connection between the two components, substantially as described.

Ll. A buckle consisting ot' hook and eye components each formed of sheet metal having a portion thereoi doubly bent upon itself with slots formed in adjacent portions thereof, the n'iaterial adjacent one slotbeing disposed at one bend line whereby a belt may be threaded through the slots and around the material at such bend line, substantially as described.

5. A buckle in which is comprised hook and eye components one having a slot and the other a tongue bent back to enter the slot to establish a detachable connection therewith. each of said components having a pair of slots and being doubly bent upon itsell with one bend line adjacent one slot, whereby a belt may be threaded through one slot back upon itsell and through the other slot for frictional engagement with the slotedges, substantially as described.

NATHAN JENKINS. 

